Ford has issued a recall alert for about 112,000 Transit Join vans from mannequin years 2014 by 2016 as a result of their entrance doorways could cease latching correctly.

Ford tells Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration, “The entrance door latch pawl spring tab design is inclined to cracking and failure over time.” With a cracked pawl, the door could not keep closed. Ford additionally says it may open whereas driving.

The corporate is just not conscious of any accidents or accidents associated to the issue.

Sellers will examine each entrance door latches and exchange them if needed. The alternative half, Ford says, “has a modified spring pawl tab, rising the power.”

By regulation, dealerships by no means cost for recall-related repairs.

Many automobiles are recalled to repair security defects, generally greater than as soon as. Whereas automakers attempt to attain each proprietor to ask them to carry the automobile in for restore, they hardly ever attain all of them. Thousands and thousands of autos on American roads want free recall repairs. Test the straightforward VIN instrument at our recall middle to seek out out in case your automobile is one in every of them.